Tennis Season is over!

Alyssa McCoy, Cara and Jocelyn Bertolina all played on Varsity this year for Portage Central. It was a year of wind, rain, fun & food.

I love this shot of the girl's. It was their first tournament of the season and we played in Paw-Paw. The blanket they are on was my sister's bedspread when she was little! It pays to save things! We never got to finish this tourney because of the weather on Monday!

Jocelyn and Cara played at #3 Doubles for the team and won one game at regionals. It was a blast watching them play around the state of Michigan. They are such nice girls and played really well. One tournament they played two sisters who were also LDS and between all four girls all had a parent teaching Seminary~ maybe a first in this state!!!

Happy Mother's Day

This was the shot from our condo in St. Lucia, just last year! If I was rich I would send all of my Mommy friends to this island in the Carribean. I hope all of your day today is serene and peaceful and full of love from your families! I want to share a Mother's Day story that happened to me a couple of years ago that will always be cherished.
We had just moved back to Enumclaw, spring of 2007, and Cara was the only child home for Mother's Day. She came up with the idea to not only give me a Mother's Day gift but four close friends, as well. She went out and bought a huge bouquet of flowers and then divided them up between the five of us and delivered them to my four friends with a note attached thanking them for their friendship to me. Mother's Day morning I saw my portion of the flowers on the table with a similar note attached telling me what she had done. I was truly touched by her thoughtfulness and kindness. She has always shown a maturity way beyond her years and this was another indicator of that. This is my last Mother's Day with her at home. Because of other trials in my life right now.... no job and no place to live once the end of June hits, I have had to put in the back of my mind all of the emotions I have about my baby leaving the nest. Maybe, this is the Lord's way of protecting my heart. I love you Cara and you will always be my baby.
I was the Mom the first day of school who would leave with tears streaming down my cheeks as I knew this was one less summer I would have with my children. After a few years of embarassing myself with my emotions I learned to wear my sunglasses to school that first day. I know it always looked weird as there usually was not any sun out in Washington state! I have always wanted to be a Mom and feel so blessed to have had the chance to stay at home with my children. Now my children are beginning to be parents and what a blessing it is to see that happen.